I agree that as far as 'ships go, Bander's more likely than anything. However, I'm not expecting it in a hurry - maybe not till season 8 ends in two years' time, and maybe not even then if there's to be a season 9, because it's a fundamental rule in comics (as in TV drama) that if couples get together awful things have to happen to them to keep them interesting.
The story of Scott Summers and Jean Grey of the X-Men is a case in point (I'm talking the comics here, not the movies). By now, I think the couple must have been through every twist and turn the writers can think of -in the Summers-Grey case, Jean turning into an all-powerful pan-galactic entity, the Phoenix, dying the save the universe, a doppelganger of her turning up which Scott married, but was later found out to be a clone. Meanwhile, it turned out the Phoenix had never been Jean at all and the real Jean turned up, at which point I think Scott abandoned his wife but that was okay because she turned out to be evil anyway - and so on and so on.
I think at some point Jean turned out to be the Phoenix after all (possibly not, I forget) and I've completely lost track now, but last time I looked she was dead again and Scott was paired up with someone else (not for the first time). Also, there's a possibility that Jean was in love with Wolverine, like in the movies.
Which is all a long-winded way of saying that I don't expect Bander in the near future (and would rather have more Xacula anyway).
I liked AtF 8 but I agree the stories were very brief. Also, I think it's high time to get back to the main event.
Should also have said, I enjoyed your reviews very much. They're always very insightful, especially to do with long-running themes, which I tend to miss a lot.
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The story of Scott Summers and Jean Grey of the X-Men is a case in point (I'm talking the comics here, not the movies). By now, I think the couple must have been through every twist and turn the writers can think of -in the Summers-Grey case, Jean turning into an all-powerful pan-galactic entity, the Phoenix, dying the save the universe, a doppelganger of her turning up which Scott married, but was later found out to be a clone. Meanwhile, it turned out the Phoenix had never been Jean at all and the real Jean turned up, at which point I think Scott abandoned his wife but that was okay because she turned out to be evil anyway - and so on and so on.
I think at some point Jean turned out to be the Phoenix after all (possibly not, I forget) and I've completely lost track now, but last time I looked she was dead again and Scott was paired up with someone else (not for the first time). Also, there's a possibility that Jean was in love with Wolverine, like in the movies.
Which is all a long-winded way of saying that I don't expect Bander in the near future (and would rather have more Xacula anyway).
I liked AtF 8 but I agree the stories were very brief. Also, I think it's high time to get back to the main event.
Should also have said, I enjoyed your reviews very much. They're always very insightful, especially to do with long-running themes, which I tend to miss a lot.